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SilverBullet Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:03 am Post subject: ***Lakers -vs- Kings 11/21/12 Game Thread*** |
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✧Present to you by Lakers First and Kb24GoldenChild✧
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Lakers @ Kings
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
7:00PM PT✪10:00PM ET - Sleep Train Arena, Sacremento, CA
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✰✰✰✰✰Lakers✰✰✰✰✰
Current Record:
6-5
Probable Starters:
Kobe Bryant
[Last game: 25 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds]
Pau Gasol
[Last game: 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists]
Dwight Howard
[Last game: 23 points, 15 rebounds, 4 blocks]
Metta World Peace
[Last game: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals]
Darius Morris
[Last game: 3 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound]
Injury Report:
Steve Blake (abdominal strain) is day-to-day.
Kobe Bryant (strained & bruised right foot) is very probable.
Jordan Hill (herniated disc / sprained right wrist) is
very probable.
Steve Nash (non-displaced fracture, left leg) is still out.
2012-2013 Team Statistic:
Pace 95.5 (10th)
OFF EFF 105.9 (5th)
DEF EFF 98.4 (8th)
TO 15.2 (26th)
✰✰✰✰✰Kings✰✰✰✰✰
Current Record:
2-8
Probable Starters:
John Salmons
[Last game: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist]
Jason Thompson
[Last game: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 block]
DeMarcus Cousins
[Last game: 29 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists]
Tyreke Evans
[Last game: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists]
Aaron Brooks
[Last game: 4 points, 2 rebounds]
Injury Report:
Tyler Honeycutt - D-League Assignment (Reno)
2012-2013 Team Statistic:
Pace 94.2 (10th)
OFF EFF 94.5 (27th)
DEF EFF 104.3 (26th)
TO 13.4(8th)
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Team Stat Leaders:
Points Cousins 17.8 Bryant 26.9
Rebounds Cousins 10.3 Howard 11.7
Assists Evans 3.0 Bryant 5.4
Steals Cousins 2.0 Peace 1.6
Blocks Thompson 1.3 Howard 2.8
2012-2013 OVERALL NBA RANKINGS
★ ★ ★Points/Rebounds/Assists/Points Allowed★ ★ ★
Lakers 100.0(9th)/ 46.5(4th)/ 21.5(15th)/ 85.0(13th)
Kings 91.2(26th)/ 40.9(20th)/ 17.3(30th)/ 100.0(23rd)
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Kings-Lakers Preview
Coach Mike D'Antoni may be somewhat wobbly on his surgically replaced knee, but the Los
Angeles Lakers seem to be finding their stride.
Another meeting with the Sacramento Kings may keep their run going.
Coming off D'Antoni's winning debut on the bench, the Lakers look to continue their surge
Wednesday night when they try to send the Kings to a sixth consecutive defeat.
Los Angeles (6-5) named D'Antoni coach on Nov. 12 after firing Mike Brown following a
1-4 start. D'Antoni's debut, though, had been delayed due to recovery from knee
replacement surgery, but he was finally on the sideline for Tuesday's 95-90 win over
Brooklyn.
"With this team, there's no reason not to win every game," D'Antoni said. "That's our goal.
It's not, 'Let's get two out of three.' We can win every game we play. ... I feel like we're
the best team in the league. We've got the most talent, so they can do what they want.
We've just got to keep perfecting things."
While D'Antoni was not actively roaming the sidelines much in Tuesday's win, the Lakers
have won five of six games since the coaching change, including a season-high
three in a row.
"We're definitely playing with better flow," said forward Pau Gasol, who has 17 points in
each of the last two games. "We're playing with more confidence, looser out there.
We're playing together and moving the ball, just playing basketball and not really worrying
about actions; just playing the game."
Production from Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard is also helping.
Bryant leads the NBA with 26.3 points per game, and Howard is among the leaders with
20.3 points and 11.7 rebounds. Both came up big in D'Antoni's debut, as Bryant scored
25 points - six coming in the final two minutes - while Howard contributed 23 with 15 boards.
The All-Star center is pulling down an average of 14.6 rebounds over the past five games,
including 18 with 23 points in a 103-90 victory over Sacramento (2-8) on Nov. 11.
Bryant was held to 20 points in that meeting, but he's averaged 33.3 points in his last
13 games at Sleep Train Arena.
The Lakers, though, have lost the last two visits, including last season's finale on April 26
when Bryant was rested ahead of the playoffs.
The Kings are averaging 89.6 points during a five-game slide that continued with Sunday's
99-90 loss to the Nets. Coach Keith Smart tried to stop the skid by starting Aaron Brooks
at the point and John Salmons at forward, but they combined for six points and
seven rebounds.
"Overall, when you make some changes like we have it's hard, but they were smiling for the
most part," Smart said. "This is an adjustment period. That's something we have to go
through to get out team turned around."
DeMarcus Cousins is trying to do his part, leading Sacramento with 17.8 points per game
and 10.3 boards. The center scored 23 of his season-high 29 points in the second half
Sunday, bouncing back from a nine-point effort on 4 of 15 shooting in a loss to Atlanta on
Thursday in his return from a two-game suspension.
The team-imposed ban forced him to miss the Nov. 11 loss to Los Angeles.
By Nicolino Dibenedetto per NBA
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Did you know:
+The Lakers and Kings haven’t met in
the postseason since the 2002 Western Conference Finals.
+On the road in the state capitol, the
Lakers are 7-3 in their last 10 games at Sleep Train Arena.
+Kobe Bryant
recorded his 17th career triple-double while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the franchise
leader for career minutes in a 112-100 Lakers victory at Sacramento.
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Postgame Interviews 11/20/12:
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Pau Gasol
Mike D'Antoni
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Game Thoughts
"The Kings have surprisingly given us trouble over these past few years despite their failure
to make the playoffs. But with a revitalized squad with three Hall of Fame players plus a
hungry Metta, I doubt the Kings will even come close this time. We just have too much of a
talent advantage. This game should be a blowout."
✰CandyCanes✰
"This could be a trap game for the Lakers. The Kings are on a 5-game losing streak and are
easy to overlook, but they'll be trying to stop their skid, Cousins will be in playing after
missing the first game against L.A. and visiting Sacramento is always a problem."
✰Exick✰
"Kobe looked exhausted after last nights game. We are an older team and this will be the
2nd game of a back to back. The Kings have had 3 days off so they are rested and
prepared for us. They always play us pretty tough up there in Sacramento."
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I'd like to thank GoldenThroat, JUST-MING, Exick, CandyCanes, and 32.
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LETS GO LAKERS!!! _________________
I wrote: | The anagram for Danny Granger is GRANNY DANGER!!! |
matrixskillz wrote: | everybody steals moves from everybody | I call that Basketball Communism. |
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kobemania3-16 Star Player
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First road win of the season, Kobe and Dwight going for over 70 points. |
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Comrades Star Player
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whateverittakes!!!!!!!! GO LAKERS!!!! _________________ "To GOD be the Glory!" |
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GO LAKERS!!! |
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0514 Star Player
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I think they got this. Try to run them out and rest the starters as much as we can after the hard fought victory yesterday |
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SilverBullet Franchise Player
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The Queens suck. We're gonna kick their asses! |
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I hope Blake finally gets to play !! |
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Great job with the thread page Lakers First and Kb24GoldenChild - I particularly like having the links right there on page 1, post 1 in case I have to change or re-link mid-game. |
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TooMuchMajicBuss Franchise Player
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DeMarcus Cousins is going to want to prove something going up against Dwight Howard. I expect some particularly rough activity under the basket. |
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I do think it will be a tough game tonight. Kobe looked exhausted at the end of last nights game. We are an older team and this will be the 2nd game of a back to back. Kobe, Pau and Metta all played 39 minutes last night. The Kings have had 3 days off so they are rested and prepared for us. They always play us pretty tough up there in Sacramento. _________________ Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold. |
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love all the extra reads and watches OP!!! |
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OP, You have the incorrect record for the Lakers. They are 6-5 not 6-4. _________________ Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold. |
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Lakers win. |
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Lakers 130-79 _________________
"Through the legs to the left, through the legs to the right, we don't run them Laker plays, we just Kobe fadeaway..."
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payback. And i dislike Cousins smirk. |
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Please blow them out. My heart can't take another close game. |
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SilverBullet Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:53 am Post subject: |
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32 wrote: | OP, You have the incorrect record for the Lakers. They are 6-5 not 6-4. |
Thanks 32. Updated, along w/ your game thought. |
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Thanks, LF! Love your new avatar lol. Let's go Lakers! |
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BLOWOUT 105-89 Lakers |
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151-99 lakers win and get tacos |
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It's Clobbering Time Starting Rotation
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Chronicle wrote: | 151-99 lakers win and get tacos |
They gotta change it to Pringles. Forget tacos. |
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Just win.. Cousins missed the last game.. lets see how their team looks with him in line up.. They did thrash us something fierce during the pre-season, twice!!! _________________ New Beginings |
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LakersMDGurl wrote: | Just win.. Cousins missed the last game.. lets see how their team looks with him in line up.. They did thrash us something fierce during the pre-season, twice!!! |
mike brooooowwnnnnnn |
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